Michelle Jester of Central Christian School in Fort Wayne, was named the grand prize winner of Crayola’s "Thank A Teacher" contest after one of her co-workers submitted a handwritten thank-you note expressing the incredible impact Jester has had on her life. As part of this honor, Jester ...

Retired pastor Bob Yawberg recalls his first visit to the abandoned structure on the corner of Broadway and Wayne in downtown Fort Wayne.
"A massive oak door opened into a [new] chapter of my life," he says. "Plaster was loose, areas crumbling and about to fall, but above it all were ...

Aardvark Straws, a Fort Wayne maker of paper straws, will establish a new, state-of-the-art production facility here, creating up to 205 new jobs by the end of 2021.
Aardvark will investing more than $9 million to lease and equip a new 100,000-square-foot facility at 7310 Innovation Blvd. in ...

Another high-profile railroad bridge in central Fort Wayne will be getting a makeover — this one not far from the massive Electric Works development.
In the latest project of the city's "Front Door Fort Wayne" plan, a 10-year initiative begun in 2012 to beautify primary corridors and ...

Levels of lead in excess of Environmental Protection Agency standards have been found in eight of 70 recent residential water samplings -- a presence City Utilities says did not originate at Fort Wayne's water filtration plant.
"Water produced and distributed from our Three Rivers Water ...

City residents may be in line for some form of rebate in exchange for past garbage-collection problems, Mayor Tom Henry suggests.
In a statement issued Thursday, Henry said "We know that many residents have experienced challenges over the past several months. The exploration of a measure of ...

In 1994, after President Bill Clinton had failed in efforts to reform health care and eliminate the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military, Republicans took full control of Congress for the first time since 1952, gaining 53 seats in the House and seven seats in the Senate. Within ...

Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation will host the first public open house regarding the Franke Park Master Plan today, Nov. 8, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Franke Park Pavilion No. 1, 3411 Sherman Blvd. This project, in partnership with the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, will result in a comprehensive ...

Downtown Fort Wayne's skyline is poised to grow again thanks to a multimillion-dollar mixed-use and parking project proposed by the same group whose recent $20 million renovation of an adjacent building produced the city's first million-dollar condos.
According to documents filed with the Fort ...

Courtney Tritch was by far the most appealing Democratic candidate for Indiana's 3rd District since 2010, but it was barely past 7 on election night when Allen County Republican Chairman Steve Shine stepped to the podium at GOP headquarters and drew cheers by announcing that a local TV ...

Mayor Tom Henry, local artists and others cut the ribbon on downtown Fort Wayne's latest piece of artwork: the sculpture and mural located in the 400 block of East Columbia Street.
The sculpture was created by Cary Shafer and includes large, metal three-dimensional blocks painted to complement ...

Allen County and Fort Wayne government offices will be closed on Monday, Nov. 12, in recognition of Veterans Day. There will be no city leaf pickup on Monday, but garbage and recycling collection will remain on schedule.
The offices will reopen Tuesday.

President Trump rallied a crowd of Republican voters who packed the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne Monday night. Former President Obama tried to do the same for a Democratic rally in Gary Sunday.
So you know there are high stakes in today’s midterm election in which the Republicans are ...

Electric Works developers said they needed $65 million in local public funding to make the massive project work, and now they have it.
That was assured Tuesday when the Fort Wayne-Allen County Capital Improvement Board voted 7-0 to approve a bond of up to $45 million toward the $250 million ...

The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has added another name to the list of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor.
Gerald Funcheon, who was a member of the Crosier Congregation, not a diocesan priest, is on the list of those credibly accused of abuse published by the Crosier ...

The Allen County Sheriff's Department is seeking the public's help in connection with a hit-and-run accident.
At approximately 1 a.m. Saturday, the department was notified that an unknown vehicle had struck a bicyclist in the 2800 block of Hillegas Road, south of Butler Road. The victim was ...

The political chasm that threatens to split America in two was on full view in Fort Wayne Monday, as a relative handful of people gathered to protest the presence of President Donald Trump and, apparently, at least some of the 17,000 people who cheerfully crowded the building to capacity or ...

It appears Republican Eric Tippmann will remain a legitimate candidate for Perry Township Trustee Tuesday despite moving out of the area he hopes to represent.
As The News-Sentinel first reported last month, Tippmann recently bought a home on Lake Avenue, claiming the move was intended to ...

Like Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, Mike Braun was a businessman among established politicians in the Senate primary race early this year.
Todd Rokita had been Indiana’s Secretary of State from 2002-2010 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011. Luke ...